CSE125

CSE125

Computer Science and Sculpture

3

George Hart

This multidisciplinary class surveys how computer science and computer technology are used in sculpture. Case studies with slides, videos, and software demonstrations illustrate a range of approaches of sculptors incorporating computers in their creative process. Various state-of-the art fabrication technologies are studied (with site visits if available on campus). Mathematical foundations are emphasized so students can recognize them when analyzing sculpture and choose the right tool when designing. In the weekly recitation, these ideas are reinforced with projects using a range of available software and inexpensive construction materials, e.g., paper, cardboard, and foamcore.

Level 3 on Math Placement test or MAP 103

• Week 1: Introduction
• Week 2: Polyhedra in Art History
• Week 3: Polyhedra in 20 th and 21 st Century Sculpture
• Week 4: Orderly tangles
• Week 5: Polygon representation on a computer.
• Week 6: symmetry
• Week 7: Sculpture by George Hart
• Week 8: Four-dimensional Forms
• Week 9: Using Great Stella
• Week 10: Using Maya for Geometric Forms
• Week 11: Using Maya for Organic Forms
• Week 12: More Maya
• Week 13: Tensegrity

• Week 1: "People" sculpture as a getting acquainted activity.
• Week 2: Paper Platonic solids and  Zometool polyhedra
• Week 3:Modular origami dodecahedron (version 1) and 30-square slide-togethers
• Week 4:Modular origami dodecahedron (version 2) and paper orderly tangles
• Week 5:Create an stl file for a pyramid and then an stl icosahedron
• Week 6:Polysymmetry image-to-ball software and wormballs.
• Week 7: Continuation from last week.
• Week 8: Great Stella and Green's Tiler
• Week 9: More Great Stella
• Week 10: Using Maya for Geometric Forms
• Week 11: Using Maya for Organic Forms
• Week 12: More Maya
• Week 13:Soda Straw Tensegrity Structure